"Hi guys, how are you all? I hope you're doing well.
So, let's begin today's episode of the story without any delay.
Tears were constantly flowing from Sangeeta Ji's eyes. Arjun, carrying Ibadat in his arms, rushed out of the mansion. Vishwambar Ji couldn't walk as fast as them, so he followed them at a slower pace. Adhiraj Ji looked at Siya and Sangeeta Ji and said, "Siya, stay at home with Sangeeta Bhabi."
Siya looked at Adhiraj Ji. Sangeeta Ji, trying to hold herself together, said, "No, we are coming to the hospital with Ibadat." She wiped her tears, ran, and got into the car.
In a short while, their car stopped in front of the hospital. As the car came to a halt, Arjun rushed inside with Ibadat in his arms. After a while, Ibadat was admitted in the emergency ward, and the entire Goyenka family was anxiously pacing the corridor. Tears were still streaming from Sangeeta Ji's eyes, and Siya was trying to comfort her.
Arjun sat quietly on a chair, his eyes closed. Vishwambar Ji sat silently as well. After a while, the doctor came out. As soon as the doctor appeared, Arjun and Adhiraj quickly rushed to him. Arjun, anxious, asked, "Doctor, how is Ibadat now?"
The doctor removed his surgical mask, looked at Arjun, and in a very serious tone, said, "Mr. Goyenka, the patient's condition is quite critical. She might have been out in the cold all night, and she also experienced a panic attack, which is why we cannot say anything for certain right now. She hasn't regained consciousness yet. We are doing everything we can, but her condition is very fragile."
After saying this, the doctor walked away. As soon as Sangeeta Ji heard this, she placed her hands on her face. One of her sons had betrayed Ibadat and left her at the wedding altar, and now her other son had put Ibadat in this condition. At this moment, she couldn't figure out how to react. Nothing was coming out of her mouth.
Arjun was in the same state. He looked at Sangeeta Ji. Vishwambar Ji was also sitting silently with his eyes closed. Then, they all heard Sangeeta Ji's angry voice, "We have ruined that girl's life! What was her fault?"
Tears kept streaming from Sangeeta Ji's eyes as she spoke. Hearing this, Arjun approached her and, trying to console her, said, "Sangeeta, calm down."
Sangeeta Ji, pushing him away angrily, said, "When Saranj ran away, why didn't you listen to us? We had said we should inform Ibadat's family. But you deceived both her and her family! Our younger son broke that innocent girl's heart, and what did our elder son do? He kept her out of the room all night, and now, because of him, Ibadat is in this condition. We will never forgive either of them."
Tears continued to pour from Sangeeta Ji's eyes as she spoke. She knew that Shlok had married under compulsion, but she never imagined her son would treat an innocent girl this way. Anyone could easily tell how dangerous it could be for a person to be kept out of a room all night in such cold weather. And yet, Shlok had thrown Ibadat out of the room.
Thinking about all this made Sangeeta Ji incredibly angry. Vishwambar Ji was still sitting silently. Sangeeta Ji wiped her tears angrily and walked up to Vishwambar Ji, shouting, "What will you say now, Papa Ji? How long do forced relationships last? Didn't you know this? You have ruined both Shlok and Ibadat's lives by tying them in a forced relationship. In the name of honor, today an innocent girl is fighting between life and death. Now, what do you have to say?"
Hearing this, Vishwambar Ji lifted his face and looked at her. He couldn't believe that his eldest daughter-in-law was speaking to him like this. No one in the family ever insulted him. Sangeeta Ji had never treated him this way either. But remembering Ibadat's innocent face made him angry at both his family and himself.
After all, what fault did the innocent Ibadat have? She had only loved. If she was betrayed in return for her love, what fault was it of hers?
Vishwambar Ji didn't say anything after listening to Sangeeta Ji. Sangeeta Ji wiped her tears, looked at everyone, and said, "Enough with the lies! Now we are telling Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji the truth. After that, whatever decision they make, we will all have to accept it."
Hearing Sangeeta Ji's words, Arjun Ji said in surprise, "Sangeeta!"
Sangeeta Ji pushed his hand aside and said, "We won't let anyone make a joke out of a girl's life. She is Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji's only daughter. If something happens to her, will you be able to forgive yourself?"
Saying this, Sangeeta Ji walked away with quick steps. She nervously composed herself, picked up the phone, and dialed Kaveri Ji's number. Gathering all her strength, she told Ibadat's parents everything that was the truth.
She didn't have the strength to say anything more, so she ended the call, closed her eyes, and in an angry voice, said, "Never did I imagine that our children would ruin the life of an innocent girl like this. Saranj, we will never forgive you, never! You shattered that flower-like girl."
"Shlok, we never expected this from you. Even though you're stone-hearted, how can anyone be so stone-hearted? How could you keep that girl outside all night?"
Saying this, Sangeeta Ji wiped her tears. She couldn't understand where she had gone wrong in her upbringing that her children were treating an innocent girl like this.
On the other side,
A car was speeding down the road. It seemed like the driver didn't care about his life at all. The car was being driven by none other than Shlok. His eyes looked terrifying at that moment.
His grip on the steering wheel had tightened considerably. In his mind, Isha's face was flashing, and her words were echoing in his ears. Gripping the steering wheel even harder, he said in a voice full of hatred, "You've made a joke out of my love. I won't let you go, Isha!"
As he spoke, his grip on the steering wheel tightened further. He was so angry at this moment that he didn't care about his own life, nor anyone else's.
He was driving recklessly. Two or three times, his car narrowly avoided an accident, but he didn't care. In no time, his car came to a halt in front of Goyenka Corporation.
As soon as the car stopped, he quickly opened the door and got out. At that moment, he didn't care about anything. He had no expectations from anyone, nor did he care about anyone.
For the first time in his life, he had fallen in love, and in his love, he had been humiliated in such a way that he doubted he would ever have the courage to love again.
Soon, chaos erupted in the office. Shlok was firing employees for the smallest of mistakes.
Normally, his anger made the employees nervous, but today, his rage was far more intense than usual. By now, he had already fired over 20 employees.
All the employees present in the office at that moment were in a terrible state.
Shlok's assistant Rahul was desperately looking for a way to escape. His hands and feet had gone cold.
Seeing Shlok's fury, Rahul had realized that today was going to be disastrous. He took a deep breath and started heading towards Shlok's office to inform him about the meeting.
He hadn't gone far when his phone started ringing. He checked and saw that it was Arjun Ji calling.
Rahul took a deep breath and answered the call, speaking in a low voice, "Hello, Sir?"
Arjun Ji was at the hospital at that moment. He asked softly, "Where is Shlok?"
At Arjun Ji's question, Rahul, panicked, replied, "I don't know, Sir, something's wrong with him. Since he's come to the office, he's been extremely angry. He's already fired more than 20 employees."
He had just said that when another employee came out with his face hanging low.
Seeing this, Rahul whispered, "He's fired 21 people now."
Arjun Ji composed himself and said calmly, "Get him to the hospital as soon as possible."
As he said this, Arjun Ji looked towards the elevator, where Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji were coming towards him.
Arjun Ji couldn't figure out how to face them. He said again, "Get him to the hospital as quickly as possible. It's an emergency."
Saying this, he ended the call.
As soon as Rahul heard Arjun Ji's words, he ran towards Shlok's cabin. The moment he tried to say something, he heard Shlok's terrifying voice, "Seems like you've forgotten your manners." Hearing Shlok's voice, Rahul's condition worsened. He couldn't say a word.
Before Shlok could say anything else in anger, Rahul gathered all his courage and said softly, "Boss, um... actually, Arjun Sir called. He said you should go to the hospital as soon as possible. It's an emergency." After saying this, Rahul went silent.
Upon hearing Rahul's words, Shlok's eyes narrowed. But as soon as he realized what Rahul had said, he muttered to himself, "Is it Mom...?" Saying this, Shlok quickly stood up and rushed out of the room.
After some time,
Shlok was sitting in his car. The only person he cared about in his family was his mother. He respected his grandfather, but the way his grandfather made a mockery of everyone's life just for the sake of his reputation made Shlok neither love him nor feel any sympathy for him. Ever since they had forced him into a marriage, Shlok's respect for them had diminished.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "I hope you're okay, Mom," and with that, he started looking out of the window. His face had a very complicated expression at that moment. It was hard to tell what he was thinking just by looking at him.
At the hospital:
As soon as Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji arrived at the hospital, both rushed to Arjun Ji and Sangeeta Ji, crying as they asked, "What has happened to our Ibadat?"
Sangeeta Ji hadn't told them much over the phone, only that Ibadat was in the hospital and her condition was very serious.
Hearing Kaveri Ji's words, Sangeeta Ji looked at her and then, with folded hands and her head lowered, she started crying as she said, "Please forgive us. We promised that we would bring your daughter into our home and treat her like our own, but we couldn't keep our promise." She began sobbing loudly.
Seeing her cry like that, Kaveri Ji's heart began to race. Ibadat was her life, her only daughter, whom she had raised with so much care. Panicking, she said, "Why are you crying like this? Tell me clearly what happened. This is not sitting right with us. Our Ibadat, she was happy and fine just yesterday, what happened? Please, tell us!"
Arjun Ji was preparing himself to tell the truth. He glanced at Anuj Ji and said softly, "Please forgive us, Mr. Mathur, but something happened yesterday that you don't know about."
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There were tears in Anuj Ji's eyes as well. Ibadat was his little princess, the one whose marriage he had arranged for her happiness. But after learning that the day after the wedding, their daughter was in such a critical condition in the emergency ward, he didn't know what to do at that moment.
Hearing Arjun Ji's words, he asked in a stern voice, "What are you trying to say?"
Arjun Ji took a deep breath and said, "Actually, yesterday..." He slowly began to explain how just before the wedding, Saransh had left, running away from both the wedding and India.
As soon as Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji heard this, the ground seemed to slip away from beneath their feet. They didn't know how to react.
Kaveri Ji screamed through her tears, "If Saransh ran away from the wedding, then who did our Ibadat marry?"
She had just spoken when the sound of footsteps grew louder. Everyone's attention shifted to the side, where Shlok and his bodyguards were entering through the elevator.
As soon as Shlok entered, Sangeeta Ji looked at him with teary eyes and said, "Our eldest son, Shlok, married Ibadat." With that, she lowered her head.
Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji couldn't believe their ears. They looked at each other in disbelief. What they had heard about Shlok was that he was a heartless person, someone who didn't care about anyone's happiness, sorrow, or pain. And now, Sangeeta Ji was saying that Ibadat had married Shlok.
At first, they couldn't even accept that Saransh, who had claimed to love Ibadat in front of them, had run away on the day of the wedding. No one knew how to react.
Vishambhar Ji had been silent until now. Shlok, who had come to the hospital thinking that something might have happened to his mom, rushed toward her as soon as he saw that Sangeeta Ji was okay.
In a deep voice, he asked, "Are you alright, Mom?"
As soon as Sangeeta Ji saw Shlok, Ibadat's innocent face appeared before her eyes. Remembering her, anger started to rise in her. She grabbed Shlok's arm in anger and shouted, "Why? Why did you do all this, Shlok? Why? What wrong did that innocent child do to you that you put her in this condition, where today she is fighting between life and death in the emergency ward?"
Sangeeta Ji's words were also heard by Kaveri Ji and Anuj Ji. They stared at Shlok in shock.